Seattle Totems Hockey Club, Inc. v. National Hockey League

652 F.2d 852 (1981)

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Seattle Totems Hockey Club, Inc. v. National Hockey League

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
652 F.2d 852 (1981)

Facts

Vincent Abbey (plaintiff) and Eldred Barnes (plaintiff) were the owners of the Seattle Totems, an ice-hockey team that was a member of a defunct hockey league. Abbey and Barnes had contracts with Northwest Sports (Northwest) (defendant), the owners of the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL) (defendant), relating to the sale and management of the Seattle Totems. The contracts provided that they were to be interpreted according to substantive Canadian law. Abbey and Barnes commenced an antitrust lawsuit in the federal district court, alleging that Northwest and the NHL had illegally monopolized the ice hockey industry and seeking to have the contracts with Northwest declared void and unenforceable. Rather than asserting a counterclaim for breach of contract in the antitrust lawsuit, Northwest filed suit in Canada, claiming that Abbey and Barnes had breached the contracts. Abbey and Barnes motioned the district court for antisuit injunction barring Northwest from prosecuting the breach-of-contract claim in the Canadian action. The district court granted the motion. Northwest appealed.

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Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Norris, J.)

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